Treatment of idiopathic clubfoot using the Ponseti method: Minimum 2-year follow-up

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 98-105

  Abdelgawad, Amr Atef ^a   Lehman, Wallace B ^a   Van Bosse, Harold J P ^a   Scher, David M ^b   Sala, Debra A ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Casting; Clubfoot; Ponseti method; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLUBFOOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON TRANSFER; TENOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BRACES; CLUBFOOT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 33846799184     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPB.0b013e32801048bb     Document Type: Article

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